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We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and provide patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides’ clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

Maimonides Medical Center is the largest hospital in Brooklyn, NY, and the borough’s leading independent health care system.

We are currently seeking a Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist with a MS Degree and/ or a PHD Degree in Medical Physics with some post Residency hands-on experience. Candidates with certificate of completion of Residency in the field of Radiation Therapy Physics from an Accredited Program and graduating candidates from such programs can also apply.

Radiation Oncology at Maimonides: Consists of 6 RO faculties, 5 RO Residents, 4 Medical Physicists, 3 Medical Dosimetrists, 2 Assistant QA Physicists, and experienced therapists and nursing staff plus the IT staff from Maimonides MIS. 80 patients are treated daily with EBRT: IGRT/ SBRT on 2 Varian Linear Accelerators, a Halcyon and an EX-machine. A state-of-the-art new Varian Ethos technology for Adaptive therapy is scheduled for installation in 2024. Elekta MOSAIQ and Varian ARIA OIS and Varian Eclipse TPS are in use. GE CT-Sim, Siemens PET/ CT and Siemens MRI machines are utilized for patient imaging. In addition, Department has a robust and busy Brachytherapy Program.

Responsibilities: provide support to clinical, educational and research activities within RO environment; participate in departmental projects, protocols, and programs; take active part in the clinical physics tasks related to treatment planning and delivery process and workflow; work closely with physicists to perform QA on therapy machines, TPS, and related equipment; participate in the activities related to updating/ upgrading/ enhancement of QA protocols and initiation of new QA programs; provide support to physics team and assume responsibility for tasks related to commissioning of new therapy machines, systems and related technologies; participate in interdisciplinary activities to promote quality of patient care within Maimonides Medical Center and greater Brooklyn communities.
Qualifications: experience with Eclipse TPS, ARIA/ MOSAIQ OIS, Varian Linear Accelerators, and familiarity with Halcyon/ Ethos technology and Brachytherapy procedures; ability to participate in education/ research programs and to contribute to new clinical physics projects; excellent communication and problem-solving skills, and computer programing skills a plus.
Requirements: Certified/ or eligible for certification/ by American Board of Radiology (ABR) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) or have equivalent credentials acceptable to the Chief Medical Physicist that will qualify the applicant for applying for NYS Licensure.
Salary- Benefits: $180,000 – 220,000, plus benefits.

Please forward CV to: Chief Physicist at: [email protected].

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard for race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status or domestic violence victim status, citizenship status, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. MMC is committed to following the requirements of the New York State Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.